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48 - Comparison: Lysander and Sulla

Cost of Glory

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Introduction

Lysander and Sulla were commanders in ancient Greece and Rome. Their contemporaries described both of them as having traits of the lion and fox. Both stood on the cusp of enacting a fundamental regime change, but one stepped back from that brink. There are strong opinions on both sides of the debate about their records.

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